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Thursday, September 30, 2021

Ralph Vaughan Williams - Film Music, Vol. 3 (Rumon Gamba)


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Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams
  • (01) The Story of a Flemish Farm
  • (08) The Loves of Joanna Godden
  • (09) Bitter Springs

Ladies of Manchester Chamber Choir
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Rumon Gamba, conductor

Date: 2006
Label: Chandos

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Wednesday, September 29, 2021

Ralph Vaughan Williams - Film Music, Vol. 2 (Rumon Gamba)


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Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams
  • (01) 49th Parallel
  • (17) The Dim Little Island
  • (18) The England of Elizabeth

BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Rumon Gamba, conductor

Date: 2004
Label: Chandos

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Tuesday, September 28, 2021

Ralph Vaughan Williams - Film Music, Vol. 1 (Rumon Gamba)


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Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams
  • (01) Scott of the Antarctic
  • (19) Coastal Command Suite
  • (27) The People's Land

Merryn Gamba, soprano
Jonathan Scott, organ

Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Rumon Gamba, conductor

Date: 2002
Label: Chandos

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Sunday, September 26, 2021

Various Composers - British Horn Concertos (David Pyatt)


Information

  • (01) Gordon Jacobs - Concerto for Horn and Strings
  • (04) Malcolm Arnold - Concerto No. 2 for Horn and Strings, Op. 58
  • (07) York Bowen - Concerto for Horn, String Orchestra and Timpani, Op. 150
  • (10) Ruth Gipps - Horn Concerto, Op. 58
  • (13) Gilbert Vinter - Hunter's Moon

David Pyatt, horn
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Nicholas Braithwaite, conductor

Date: 2007
Label: Lyrita

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Saturday, September 25, 2021

Various Composers - British Clarinet Sonatas, Vol. 2 (Michael Collins; Michael McHale)


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  • (01) Malcolm Arnold - Clarinet Sonatina in G minor, Op. 29
  • (04) Arnold Cooke - Clarinet Sonata in B flat major
  • (08) Edward Gregson - Tributes
  • (13) Arthur Benjamin - Le Tombeau de Ravel
  • (14) Joseph Horovitz - Clarinet Sonatina in B flat major

Michael Collins, clarinet
Michael McHale, piano

Date: 2013
Label: Chandos

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Friday, September 24, 2021

Various Composers - British Clarinet Sonatas, Vol. 1 (Michael Collins; Michael McHale)


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  • (01) John Ireland - Fantasy-Sonata
  • (02) Charles Villiers Stanford - Clarinet Sonata in F major, Op. 129
  • (05) Arthur Bliss - Pastoral
  • (06) Arnold Bax - Clarinet Sonata in D major
  • (08) Herbert Howells - Clarinet Sonata

Michael Collins, clarinet
Michael McHale, piano

Date: 2012
Label: Chandos

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Thursday, September 23, 2021

Various Composers - British Clarinet Concertos, Vol. 2 (Michael Collins)


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  • (01) Benjamin Britten - Movements for a Clarinet Concerto (arr. Colin Matthews)
  • (04) Gerald Finzi - 5 Bagatelles, Op. 23a (arr. Lawrence Ashmore)
  • (09) Arnold Cooke - Clarinet Concerto No. 1
  • (12) William Mathias - Clarinet Concerto, Op. 68

BBC Symphony Orchestra
Michael Collins, clarinet & conductor

Date: 2016
Label: Chandos

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Wednesday, September 22, 2021

Various Composers - British Clarinet Concertos, Vol. 1 (Michael Collins)


Information

  • (01) Charles Villiers Stanford - Clarinet Concerto in A minor, Op. 80
  • (04) Gerald Finzi - Clarinet Concerto in C minor, Op. 31
  • (07) Malcolm Arnold - Clarinet Concerto No. 2, Op. 115

BBC Symphony Orchestra
Michael Collins, clarinet & conductor

Date: 2012
Label: Chandos

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Monday, September 20, 2021

Various Composers - Azerbaijani Piano Concertos (Various Artists)


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  • (01) Fikret Amirov, Elmira Nazirova - Piano Concerto after Arabian Themes
  • (04) Vasif Adigezalov - Piano Concerto No. 4
  • (07) Tofig Guliyev - Gaytagi
  • (08) Farhad Badalbeyli - The Sea
  • (09) Farhad Badalbeyli - Shusha

Farhad Badalbeyli, piano (1-3, 7, 9)
Murad Adigezalzade, piano (4-6)
Joan Rogers, soprano (9)

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Dmitry Yablonsky, conductor

Date: 2011
Label: Naxos

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Sunday, September 19, 2021

Fikret Amirov - One Thousand and One Nights; To the Memory of Nizami (Dmitry Yablonsky)


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Composer: Fikret Amirov
  • (01) Symphony 'To the Memory of Nizami'
  • (05) One Thousand and One Nights Suite

Kiev Virtuosi Symphony Orchestra
Dmitry Yablonsky, conductor

Date: 2020
Label: Naxos

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Saturday, September 18, 2021

Fikret Amirov - Symphonic Mugams (Dmitry Yablonsky)


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Composer: Fikret Amirov
  1. Shur
  2. Kyurdi Ovshari
  3. Gyulistan Bayati Shiraz
  4. Azerbaijan Capriccio

Russian Philharmonic Orchestra
Dmitry Yablonsky, conductor

Date: 2021
Label: Naxos

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Friday, September 17, 2021

Fikret Amirov - The Arabian Nights; etc. (Various Artists)


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Composer: Fikret Amirov
  • The Arabian Nights
  • Symphony for String Orchestra
  • Shur (Symphonic Mugam)

Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra
Nazim Rzaev, conductor

Azerbaijan Symphony Orchestra
Gennady Rozhdestvensky, conductor

Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra
Rauf Abdullayev, conductor

Date: 1982; 1964; 1993
Label: Olympia


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Thursday, September 16, 2021

Boris Lyatoshynsky - Complete Piano Compositions (Boris Demenko)


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Composer: Boris Lyatoshynsky
  • (01) Sonata No. 1, Op. 13
  • (02) Reflections, Op. 16
  • (09) Sonata-ballad No. 2, Op. 18
  • (10) Ballad, Op. 22
  • (11) Three Preludes, Op. 38
  • (14) Two Preludes Based on Ukrainian Folksongs, Op. 38bis
  • (16) Five Preludes, Op. 44
  • (21) Concert Etude Rondo
  • (22) Mourning Prelude

Boris Demenko, piano
Date: 2005
Label: Taras Bulba Entertainment


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Wednesday, September 15, 2021

Boris Lyatoshynsky - Symphony No. 2; Slavic Concerto (Various Artists)


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Composer: Boris Lyatoshynsky
  • (01) Symphony No. 2 in B Minor, Op. 26
  • (04) Slavic Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 54

Ukrainian State Symphony Orchestra (1-3)
Fedor Glushchenko, conductor

Ukrainian Radio and TV Symphony Orchestra (4-6)
E. Rzhanov, piano
Vladimir Gnedash, conductor

Date: 2021
Label: Russian Disc


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Tuesday, September 14, 2021

Boris Lyatoshynsky - Symphonies Nos. 4 & 5 (Theodore Kuchar)


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Composer: Boris Lyatoshynsky
  • (01) Symphony No. 4 in B flat minor, Op. 63
  • (04) Symphony No. 5 in C major 'Slavonic', Op. 67

Ukrainian State Symphony Orchestra
Theodore Kuchar, conductor

Date: 1993 / 2014
Label: Marco Polo / Naxos

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Monday, September 13, 2021

Boris Lyatoshynsky - Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3 (Theodore Kuchar)


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Composer: Boris Lyatoshynsky
  • (01) Symphony No. 2, Op. 26
  • (04) Symphony No. 3 in B minor, Op. 50

Ukrainian State Symphony Orchestra
Theodore Kuchar, conductor

Date: 1993 / 2014
Label: Marco Polo / Naxos

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Sunday, September 12, 2021

Boris Lyatoshynsky - Symphony No. 1 (Theodore Kuchar)


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Composer: Boris Lyatoshynsky
  • (01) Symphony No. 1 in A major, Op. 2
  • (04) Grazhyna, Symphonic Ballad, Op. 58

Ukrainian State Symphony Orchestra
Theodore Kuchar, conductor

Date: 1994 / 2014
Label: Marco Polo / Naxos

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Friday, September 10, 2021

Alfred Schnittke - Nagasaki; Symphony No. 0 (Owain Arwel Hughes)


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Composer: Alfred Schnittke
  • (01) Symphony No. 0
  • (05) Nagasaki

Hanneli Rupert, mezzo-soprano
Cape Town Opera Voice of the Nation
Cape Philharmonic Orchestra
Owain Arwel Hughes, conductor

Date: 2007

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Thursday, September 9, 2021

Alfred Schnittke - Peer Gynt (Eri Klas)


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Composer: Alfred Schnittke
  • Peer Gynt, ballet

Royal Swedish Orchestra
Eri Klas, conductor

Date: 1994

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Wednesday, September 8, 2021

Alfred Schnittke - Faust Cantata; etc. (James de Preist; Leif Segerstam)


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Composer: Alfred Schnittke
  1. Ritual for large symphony orchestra
  2. (K)ein Sommernachtstraum for large orchestra
  3. Passacaglia for large orchestra
  4. Seid nüchtern und wachet (Faust Cantata): I. Folget nun…
  5. Seid nüchtern und wachet (Faust Cantata): II. Die vierundzwanzig Jahre…
  6. Seid nüchtern und wachet (Faust Cantata): III. Gehen also miteinander…
  7. Seid nüchtern und wachet (Faust Cantata): IV. Meine liebe…
  8. Seid nüchtern und wachet (Faust Cantata): V. Ach, mein Herr Fauste…
  9. Seid nüchtern und wachet (Faust Cantata): VI. Doktor Faustus klagte…
  10. Seid nüchtern und wachet (Faust Cantata): VII. Es geschah…
  11. Seid nüchtern und wachet (Faust Cantata): VIII. Diese gemeldete Magistri
  12. Seid nüchtern und wachet (Faust Cantata): IX. Also endet sich…
  13. Seid nüchtern und wachet (Faust Cantata): X. Seid nüchtern und wachet…

Inger Blom, mezzo-soprano
Mikael Bellini, countertenor
Louis Devos, tenor
Ulrik Cold, bass

Malmö Symphony Chorus & Orchestra
Leif Segerstam, conductor (1-3)
James de Preist, conductor (4-13)

Date: 1989

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Tuesday, September 7, 2021

Alfred Schnittke - Psalms of Repentance (Tõnu Kaljuste)


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Composer: Alfred Schnittke
  • Psalms of Repentance

Swedish Radio Choir
Tõnu Kaljuste, conductor

Date: 1999
Label: ECM


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Monday, September 6, 2021

Alfred Schnittke - Requiem; Piano Concerto (Valery Polyansky)


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Composer: Alfred Schnittke
  • Concerto for Piano and Strings
  • Requiem from the music to Schiller's drama Don Carlos

Igor Khudolei, piano
Russian State Symphonic Cappella
Russian State Symphony Orchestra
Valery Polyansky, conductor

Date: 1997
Label: Chandos

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Sunday, September 5, 2021

Alfred Schnittke - Choir Concerto (Valery Polyansky)


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Composer: Alfred Schnittke
  1. Choir Concerto: I. 'O pavelitel' sushcheva fsevo ('O Master of all living')
  2. Choir Concerto: II. 'Sabran' je pesen sikh, gde kazhdyj stikh' ('I, an expert in human passions')
  3. Choir Concerto: III. 'Fsem tem, kto vniknet fsushchnast'' ('God grant deliverance from sin')
  4. Choir Concerto: IV. 'Sej trud, shto nachinal ja supavan' jem' ('Complete this work')

Russian State Symphonic Cappella
Valery Polyansky, conductor

Date: 1994
Label: Chandos

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Saturday, September 4, 2021

Alfred Schnittke - Concerto for Three; String Trio (Gidon Kremer; Yuri Bashmet; Mstislav Rostropovich)


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Composer: Alfred Schnittke
  • (01) String Trio
  • (03) Alban Berg - Canon (trans. Schnittke)
  • (04) Concerto for Three
  • (08) Minuet

Gidon Kremer, violin
Yuri Bashmet, viola
Mstislav Rostropovich, cello
Moscow Soloists

Date: 1996
Label: Warner Classics (EMI)

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Friday, September 3, 2021

Various Composers - Out of Russia (Gidon Kremer; Christoph Eschenbach)


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  • (01) Igor Stravinsky - Pastorale for Violin and Wind Quartet
  • (02) Alfred Schnittke - Violin Concerto No. 4
  • (06) Arthur Lourié - The Blackmore of Peter the Great
  • (17) Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - The Sleeping Beauty (arr. Stravinsky)
  • (19) Arthur Lourié - Funeral Games in Honor of Chronos

Gidon Kremer, violin (1-5)
Philharmonia Orchestra
Christoph Eschenbach, conductor

Date: 1997
Label: Teldec (Warner Classics)

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Thursday, September 2, 2021

Arthur Lourié - Concerto da Camera; etc. (Gidon Kremer)


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Composer: Arthur Lourié
  • (01) A Little Chamber Music
  • (02) Little Gidding
  • (06) Concerto da Camera

Gidon Kremer, violin
Kenneth Riegel, tenor
Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen

Date: 1993
Label: Deutsche Grammophon

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Wednesday, September 1, 2021

Arthur Lourié - Songs & Choruses (Natalia Guerassimova)


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Composer: Arthur Lourié
  1. Le chapelet: I. Plaisanterie
  2. Le chapelet: II. Commémoration
  3. Le chapelet: III. Ocarina
  4. Le chapelet: IV. Langeur
  5. Le chapelet: V. Tchastouchka
  6. La voix de la muse: I. Tu es pesant, souvenir d'amour
  7. La voix de la muse: II. On m'a jeté tant de pierres
  8. Quasi valse
  9. Mazurka pour piano, Op. 7 No. 1
  10. Mazurka pour piano, Op. 7 No. 2
  11. Incantations (Extraites du "Poème sans héros")
  12. Lamentations de la vierge
  13. Trois rois mages
  14. Dans le sanctuaire d'un rêve doré: I. Dans les champs tu t'éloignas
  15. Dans le sanctuaire d'un rêve doré: II. Une vie qui se consume dans le choeur
  16. Dans le sanctuaire d'un rêve doré: III. Du royaume du sommeil

Natalia Gerasimova, soprano
Vladimir Skanavi, piano
Russian Chamber Choir
Tamara Piliptchuk, conductor

Date: 1994
Label: Le Chant du monde; Harmonia Mundi


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